I dig pulp fiction. Not just the hard-boiled detective paperbacks of the 1950s, or even the pulp magazines like “Weird Tales,” which published Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft back in the day. I even love the old old school Victorian “chapbooks,” like “Springheeled Jack” and “Varney the Vampire.” The plan to release ”The Elect Stories” as a monthly serial was inspired by those pulps, which delivered fantastic tales of adventure with suspenseful, cliffhanger endings.
Designing The World: Art Nouveau And Pulp Fantasy
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Imaginary Soundtracks
John Crye, , BTS, Exploring The World, 0
I like to listen to music when I write. I think I may have started the habit when my...
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How Changing A Male Hero To Female Opened My Eyes To My Own World
John Crye, , BTS, Designing The Characters, Developing The Story, 0
One of the criticisms that I received in the first draft of the manuscript was that the genders were...
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I finally joined GoodReads!
John Crye, , Announcement, BTS, News, 0
I recently joined GoodReads and according to them, I have hundreds of Facebooks friends over there. Stop in and sit...
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Ever Get That Sync-ing Feeling? (Ch. 2 Gets An X-Ray)
John Crye, , BTS, Exploring The World, News, 0
One of the cool benefits of publishing via Amazon Kindle is that the work can be revised or corrected...
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Write HOW you know.
John Crye, , BTS, Thoughts, 0
I enjoy working with other writers as a coach, editor or general sounding board. It’s something that I do...
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The Story In The Spaces
John Crye, , BTS, Developing The Story, 1
I remember the first time I saw “Star Wars” back in 1977. I was seven years old, but I...
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The End of the Beginning, or, Closing out Volume One of The Elect Stories
John Crye, , Announcement, BTS, Developing The Story, News, Story, Thoughts, 0
A friend of mine who has diligently purchased every installment of “The Elect Stories” upon its release recently made...
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The Underside of Fantasy
John Crye, , BTS, Designing The Characters, Exploring The World, 0
With the arrival this month of our fourth installment – “Negotiation, or, The Various and Sundry Businesses of Mister...